The Groove

The greatest pop rock artists of all time

370 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

The Beatles

United Kingdom · 1960–1970 · rock

89.174

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145

Carly Rae Jepsen

Canada · 1985– · pop 1.652

146

Placebo

United Kingdom · 1994– · alternative rock 1.650

147

New Order

United Kingdom · 1980– · electronic 1.639

148

Pink Floyd

United Kingdom · 1965–2014 · progressive rock 1.629

149 No Doubt

United States of America · 1986– · rock 1.626

150

Bob Dylan

United States of America · 1941– · folk rock 1.582

151

Van Halen

United States of America · 1972–2019 · hard rock 1.581

152

Guns N’ Roses

United States of America · 1985– · hard rock 1.561

153 MIKA

United Kingdom · 1983– · pop 1.535

154

Santana

United States of America · 1966– · rock 1.526

155

Bring Me the Horizon

United Kingdom · 2004– · metalcore 1.467

156 CAKE

United States of America · 1992– · rock 1.465

157 Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band

United States of America · 1974– · rock 1.456

158

The Clash

United Kingdom · 1976–1986 · punk rock 1.453

159 Miley Cyrus

United States of America · 1992– · pop rock 1.448

160

浜崎あゆみ

Japan · 1978– · pop 1.447

161 The Moody Blues

United Kingdom · 1964–2018 · progressive rock 1.430

162 Die Ärzte

Germany · 1982– · punk 1.418

163 The Jesus and Mary Chain

United Kingdom · 1984– · alternative rock 1.393

164 10cc

United Kingdom · 1972– · rock 1.379

165 Tally Hall

United States of America · 2002–2011 · pop 1.371

166 Camera Obscura

United Kingdom · 1996– · indie pop 1.354

167

Freddie Mercury

United Kingdom · 1946–1991 · rock 1.333

168 Jason Mraz

United States of America · 1977– · pop rock 1.323